I do not believe in coincidences. Or rather, the older I get the more I realize how much God is communicating a divine message through what appears to be coincidences.
The fires in LA wiping out parts of Hollywood and many celebrity homes is not a coincidence. It is a divine message from God.
And given the nature of how God communicates this way often to the world, we are entrusted with the responsibility of interpreting the signs of the times.
How many people have been damned from watching or listening to gravely immoral images and messages through the entertainment industry? The same industry to s great extent responsible for spreading the anti-Christian cultural revolution of the 1960’s and beyond.
One of my favorite actors, Anthony Hopkins, is one of the celebrities whose house was burned down. While he tends to play decent roles in decent movies, there are not a few roles and movies he has been in that are immoral. I think for one his portrayal of Pope Benedict in the Two Popes movie was defaming, intellectually dishonest, and biased against traditional Catholicism. Perhaps this was a punishment just for that.
There are positive signs of reform in Hollywood such as the more recent Mel Gibson films. Entertainment is part of life, and movies have become the new literature to spread ideas. May Hollywood, or at least some genuine players in that industry, take this as sign to make movies and music that are once again Godly, that is like God, or in accord with God.
Kyrie eleison. PS If Anthony Hopkins is reading this, I appreciated your candid talk you gave to Thomas Aquinas College in California, available on YouTube.